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Date:      Mon, 08 Oct 2001 23:39:37 -0500
From:      Bob Van Valzah <Bob@BGPBook.Com>
To:        FreeBSD-Hardware@FreeBSD.Org, FreeBSD-SCSI@FreeBSD.Org, FreeBSD-Install@FreeBSD.Org, FreeBSD-FS@FreeBSD.Org, FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.Org, FreeBSD-Config@FreeBSD.Org
Subject:   Vinum Bootstrapping Article Reviewers Wanted
Message-ID:  <3BC27F89.4090706@BGPBook.Com>

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I'm working on an article that describes how to get started using Vinum 
(software RAID). After a gentle introduction, it takes the reader 
through the process starting with /stand/sysinstall and ending with a 
sever with mirrored volumes. It also covers several hardware failure 
scenarios and the recovery techniques needed to get a server back to 
normal. I'd like to make sure that the step-by-step procedures that it 
contains are correct for a wide audience.

Folks experienced with Vinum could help by reviewing the article and 
commenting on subtleties I've missed. Vinum newbies could by providing a 
perspective that I lack. I'd particularly like to find reviewers who 
tried to get Vinum going in the past but gave up.

You'll need to have access to a CPU on which you can do fresh FreeBSD 
installs. Anything better than a 486 with 8 MB of RAM should be ok as 
long as you can get to installation media. You'll need two or more disk 
drives of at least 500 MB or so. IDE or SCSI, mix & match are ok.

The article is about 30 pages, so you'll need time to read it and try 
the procedures. I'd budget at least 2-3 hours, more if you'll have to 
scrape the hardware together. Comments returned to me in the next few 
days might make it into a version of the article that I hope will appear 
in the next print edition of the handbook.

So if you have the necessary time, hardware, and inclination, please 
drop me a line and I'll get you a draft!

    Thanks,

    Bob


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